Commuting to Work

I ride my road bike for commuting, but I ride near 20 miles each direction. I find it dangerous to ride your bike on the sidewalk, even though plenty of people do it. Because your commute is only 5 miles, you may consider running instead.

I commute with my road bike in the spring,summer, and fall. It's 16 miles each way. Then again I work 24hr shifts.

In Michigan thats about 2 months    

That is true!!!

I do not do it much in the winter but I use my Mountain bike. It is a 12-mile commute each way and I am on roads, greenway, and sidewalks.

Edited by BeCivil 2005-12-21 6:42 AM

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Edited by Chris Tree 2005-12-21 6:45 AM

I commute with my road bike some days in nice weather.  It's about 18 miles each way.  I was fortunate to find a route that has a marked bike lane for much of the first half and then a dedicated paved bike trail for the second half.  The few times I tried a route that included sidewalks, I found it to be very frustrating -- much more frequent slowing and stopping, hard to get a rythm going, etc.  Running to work sounds like a good idea if it's only 5 miles.